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Thursday, 18 May 2017

Heroes Reign Supreme On The CW This Fall

The heroes of the DC Universe will reign supreme on The CW this Fall!

The network has released its schedule for the upcoming 2017-2018 television season, and it's once again crammed full of comic booky goodness! Returning next season are fan favorites Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends Of Tomorrow alongside Riverdale and iZombie. These will be joined by a couple of newcomers including the Cress Williams led Black Lightning, based off of the classic DC Comics superhero created by Tony Isabella with Trevor Von Eeden.

One interesting change to note is that Arrow will now air on Thursdays at 9pm beginning next season, a move that the network feels will be good for the DC TV stalwart.

Check out the full schedule, as well as brand new synopsis for your favorite shows, posted below...

SUPERGIRL
is an action-adventure drama based on the DC character Kara Zor-El,
(Melissa Benoist) Supermans (Kal-El) cousin who, after 12 years of
keeping her powers a secret on Earth, decides to finally embrace her
superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.
Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton with her parents
help at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Protected and raised on
Earth by her foster family, the Danvers, Kara grew up in the shadow of
her foster sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh), and learned to conceal the
phenomenal powers she shares with her famous cousin in order to keep her
identity a secret. Years later, Kara was living in National City and
still concealing her powers, when a plane crash threatened Alexs life
and Kara took to the sky to save her. Now, Kara balances her work as a
reporter for CatCo Worldwide Media with her work for the Department of
Extra-Normal Operations (DEO), a super-secret government organization
whose mission is to keep National City  and the Earth  safe from
sinister threats. At the DEO, Kara works for Jonn Jonzz (David
Harewood), the Martian Manhunter, and alongside her sister, Alex, and
best friend, Winn Schott (Jeremy Jordan). Also in Karas life are media
mogul Cat Grant (Calista Flockhart), James Olsen (Mehcad Brooks), a
photo journalist who moonlights as Guardian, a masked vigilante, Lena
Luthor (Katie McGrath), and Mon-El of Daxam (Chris Wood), whose planet
was ravaged by Kryptons destruction. As Kara struggles to navigate her
relationships and her burgeoning life as a reporter, her heart soars as
she takes to the skies as Supergirl to fight crime. Based on characters
created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, SUPERGIRL is from Berlanti
Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive
producers Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Arrow), Andrew Kreisberg (The
Flash, Arrow), Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash), Robert Rovner
(Private Practice, Dallas) and Jessica Queller (Gilmore Girls,
Gossip Girl, Felicity).

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE FLASH

Barry
Allen (Grant Gustin) lived a normal life as a perpetually tardy C.S.I.
in the Central City Police Department. Barrys life changed forever
when the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator exploded, creating a
dark-matter lightning storm that struck Barry, bestowing him with
super-speed and making him the fastest man alive  The Flash. But when
Barry used his extraordinary abilities to travel back in time and save
his mothers life, he inadvertently created an alternate timeline known
as Flashpoint; a phenomenon that gave birth to the villainous speed god
known as Savitar, and changed the lives of Caitlin Snow (Danielle
Panabaker) and Wally West (Keiyan Lonsdale) forever. With the help of
his adoptive father, Joe West (Jesse L. Martin), his lifelong best
friend and love interest Iris West (Candice Patton), and his friends at
S.T.A.R. Labs — Cisco Ramon (Carlos Valdes), C.S.I Julian Albert (Tom
Felton), and an Earth-19 novelist named H.R. Wells (Tom Cavanaugh) —
Barry continues to protect the people of Central City from the
meta-humans that threaten it. Based on the characters from DC, THE
FLASH is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti
Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg
Berlanti (Arrow, Supergirl), Andrew Kreisberg (Arrow, The
Flash), Sarah Schechter (Arrow, DCs Legends of Tomorrow) and Todd
Helbing (Black Sails).

9:00-10:00 PM DCS LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

After
the defeat of Eobard Thawne and his equally nefarious Legion of Doom,
the Legends face a new threat created by their actions at the end of
last season. In revisiting a moment in time that they had already
participated in, they have essentially fractured the timeline and
created anachronisms  a scattering of people, animals, and objects all
across time! Our team must find a way to return all the anachronisms to
their original timelines before the time stream falls apart. But before
our Legends can jump back into action, Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) and
his newly established Time Bureau call their methods into question. With
the Time Bureau effectively the new sheriffs in town, the Legends
disband  until Mick Rory (Dominic Purcell) discovers one of them in the
middle of his well-deserved vacation in Aruba. Seeing this as an
opportunity to continue their time travelling heroics, Sara (Caity Lotz)
wastes no time in getting the Legends back together. We reunite with
billionaire inventor Ray Palmer (Brandon Routh), the
unconventional historian-turned-superhero Nick Heywood (Nick
Zano), and Professor Martin Stein (Victor Garber) and Jefferson Jax
Jackson (Franz Drameh), who together form the meta-human Firestorm. Once
reunited, the Legends will challenge the Time Bureaus authority over
the timeline and insist that however messy their methods may be, some
problems are beyond the Bureaus capabilities. Some problems can only be
fixed by Legends. Based on the characters from DC, DCS LEGENDS OF
TOMORROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti
Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg
Berlanti (Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow,
Trollhunters, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters), Andrew Kreisberg
(Arrow, The Flash, Eli Stone, Warehouse 13), Phil Klemmer (The
Tomorrow People, Chuck) and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The Flash).

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM RIVERDALE

The
first season of RIVERDALE found our characters reeling from the tragic
death of high school golden boy Jason Blossom. For many who had seen
their home as perfect, safe, and innocent, the investigation into
Jasons murder peeled back the layers of their hometown to reveal a
place bubbling over with secrets, mysteries, and scandals. Archie
Andrews (KJ Apa), for instance, grew from a sweet, all-American kid into
a young man acutely aware of the darker side of lifehe broke his best
friends heart, had a forbidden relationship with his music teacher, and
grappled with whether he wanted to follow in his dads
salt-of-the-earth footsteps. On the positive side, Archie repaired his
friendship with Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), found some success as a
musicianthanks in part to Josie McCoy (Ashleigh Murray) and her band,
the Pussycatsand found a new romantic interest in femme fatale Veronica
Lodge (Camila Mendes). New to town, Veronica spent the season trying
to atone for her bad girl past, all the while wrestling with her
beloved fathers criminal legacyand contending with a mother, Hermione
(Marisol Nichols), who might not be as innocent as she claimed. Veronica
became fast-friends with Archies girl-next-door neighbor, Betty Cooper
(Lili Reinhart), who did some growing up of her own this season. After
Archies rejection, Betty threw herself into running the school paper,
The Blue and Gold, where she discovered a better romantic match in
sardonic outsider Jughead. Together, they tracked down Bettys sister
Polly (guest star Tiera Skovbye), who had been sent away by their
overbearing mother Alice (Mädchen Amick). Under the guise of writing
for the school paper, Betty and Jughead investigated Jason Blossoms
deathwhich led to them discover that Jugheads fatherFP Jones (guest
star Skeet Ulrich)was involved with covering up Jasons murder.
Meanwhile, Jasons twin sister Cheryl (Madelaine Petsch) ruled the
school as Riverdale Highs venomous, merciless Red Queenuntil she
learned the true identity of Jasons killer. As the town breathed a
collective sigh of relief that Jasons killer had been found out,
another terrible crime occurred, in a space that had been considered one
of the towns safest, most innocent places. If Jason Blossoms murder
revealed the slimy underbelly beneath Riverdales surface, as we enter
Season Two, the shooting of Fred Andrews threatens to plunge the entire
town into utter darkness. Based on the characters from Archie Comics,
RIVERDALE is from Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in
association with Berlanti Productions, with executive producers Roberto
Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee), Greg Berlanti (Arrow, The
Flash, Supergirl, DCs Legends of Tomorrow), Sarah Schechter
(Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, DCs Legends of Tomorrow) and Jon
Goldwater (Archie Comics).

THURSDAY
9:00-10:00 PM ARROW

After
a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell)
was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered
alive on a remote island in the North China Sea. He returned home to
Star City, bent on righting the wrongs done by his family and fighting
injustice. As the Green Arrow, he protects his city with the help of
former soldier John Diggle (David Ramsey), computer-science expert
Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), his vigilante-trained sister Thea
Queen (Willa Holland), Deputy Mayor Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne),
brilliant inventor Curtis Holt (Echo Kellum), and his new recruits,
street-savvy Rene Ramirez (Rick Gonzalez) and meta-human Dinah Drake
(Juliana Harkavy). Oliver has finally solidified and strengthened his
crime-fighting team only to have it threatened when unexpected enemies
from his past return to Star City, forcing Oliver to rethink his
relationship with each member of his family. Based on the characters
from DC, ARROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with
Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive
producers Greg Berlanti (The Flash, Supergirl), Marc Guggenheim
(DCs Legends of Tomorrow, Eli Stone), Wendy Mericle (Desperate
Housewives, Eli Stone), Andrew Kreisberg (The Flash, Eli Stone,
Warehouse 13) and Sarah Schechter (The Flash, DCs Legends of
Tomorrow).

MIDSEASON
BLACK LIGHTNING

Jefferson
Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father
of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also
serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood
overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community. Nine years ago,
Pierce was a hero of a different sort. Gifted with the superhuman power
to harness and control electricity, he used those powers to keep his
hometown streets safe as the masked vigilante Black Lightning. However,
after too many nights with his life on the line, and seeing the effects
of the damage and loss that his alter ego was inflicting on his family,
he left his Super Hero days behind and settled into being a principal
and a dad. Choosing to help his city without using his superpowers, he
watched his daughters Anissa (Nafessa Williams) and Jennifer (China Anne
McClain) grow into strong young women, even though his marriage to
their mother, Lynn (Christine Adams), suffered. Almost a decade later,
Pierces crime-fighting days are long behind him or so he thought. But
with crime and corruption spreading like wildfire, and those he cares
about in the crosshairs of the menacing local gang The One Hundred,
Black Lightning returns  to save not only his family, but also the soul
of his community. Based on the characters from DC, BLACK LIGHTNING is
from Berlanti Productions and Akil Productions in association with
Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti
(Arrow, The Flash), Salim Akil & Mara Brock Akil (Being Mary
Jane, The Game, Girlfriends), and Sarah Schechter (Arrow, The
Flash). The Black Lightning character was created by Tony Isabella with
Trevor Von Eeden.
IZOMBIE

Olivia Liv Moore (Rose McIver)
was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, over-achieving medical resident who had
her life path completely mapped out until the night she attended a
party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. As one of
the newly undead, Liv is doing her best to blend in and look as human as
possible. Based upon characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael
Allred, and published by DC Entertainments Vertigo, iZOMBIE is from
Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Spondoolie Productions and
Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Rob Thomas (Veronica
Mars, Party Down, Cupid), Diane Ruggiero-Wright (Veronica Mars,
The Ex List, Thats Life), Danielle Stokdyk (Veronica Mars, Party
Down, Cupid) and Dan Etheridge (The Carrie Diaries, Veronica
Mars, Party Down).